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A text-messaging chatbot to support outdoor recreation monitoring through community science
Digital Geography and Society, 2023 Public land managers depend on reliable and readily available data about outdoor recreation in parks and greenspaces. However, traditional recreation monitoring techniques including visitor surveying and counting cannot be implemented over large spatial ...
Emilia H. Lia +4 more
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Perspective: The Power (Dynamics) of Open Data in Citizen Science
Frontiers in Climate, 2021 In citizen science, data stewards and data producers are often not the same people. When those who have labored on data collection are not in control of the data, ethical problems could arise from this basic structural feature.
Caren B. Cooper +2 more
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Tradeoffs of using place‐based community science for urban biodiversity monitoring
Conservation Science and Practice, 2021 Community science, the enlisting of volunteers to collect biodiversity data, is now common and widespread. In theory, the benefits of this model are complementary: community science programs produce useful datasets while engaging the public in ...
Miguel F. Jimenez +2 more
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Mapping the premigration distribution of eastern Monarch butterflies using community science data
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Knowing the distribution of migratory species at different stages of their life cycle is necessary for their effective conservation. For the Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus), although its overwintering distribution is well known, the available ...
Iman Momeni‐Dehaghi +4 more
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The science of science communication [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2013 We all need science for making effective decisions in our lives. Are the expected benefits of a medical procedure worth its risks? Does it make sense to rebuild homes along the seashore after a hurricane? How good are the predictions for storm surges? Should we sign a lease for hydrofracking on our property?
Baruch Fischhoff, Dietram A. Scheufele
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An analysis of companion animal tick encounters as revealed by photograph‐based crowdsourced data
Veterinary Medicine and Science, 2021 Background Community science is increasingly utilized to track important vectors of companion animal disease, providing a scalable, cost‐effective strategy for identifying new foci, changing phenology, and disease prevalence across wide geographies ...
Heather L. Kopsco +2 more
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What is the “science of science communication”? [PDF]
Journal of Science Communication, 2015 This essay seeks to explain what the “science of science communication” is by doing it. Surveying studies of cultural cognition and related dynamics, it demonstrates how the form of disciplined observation, measurement, and inference distinctive of scientific inquiry can be used to test rival hypotheses on the nature of persistent public conflict over ...
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The Ripple Effects of Community Science: Experiences of Texas Stream Team Water Quality Monitors
Citizen Science: Theory and PracticeMotivations for participation in community science programs are relatively well understood. However, the outcomes of participating in these programs are unclear.
Christina Wright Lopez +7 more
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Planning and Executing Scientifically Sound Community Science in a Public-Facing Institution
Citizen Science: Theory and Practice, 2020 The Genetics of Taste (GOT) Lab is an active research lab that studies human genetics at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. In addition to the scientific research it conducts, the now-10-year-old lab is designed to accommodate two forms of public ...
Tiffany M. Nuessle +2 more
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DiversityOngoing worldwide biodiversity declines and range shifts associated with climate change increase the importance of documenting the current distributions of species to establish baseline data.
Alexander J. Harman +2 more
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